Ornamenting device



July 8, 1952 J J m5 2,602,225

ORNAMENTING DEVICE Filed Aug. 26, 1948 Patented July 8, 1952 "UNITED STATE-S EPA-TENT 1 OFFICE ORNAMENTING TDEVICE Joseph J. HydefProvidence, R. I. Application August 26, 1948, Serial No. 46,285

1 Claim. 1

The present invention relates to manually operated tool sets for decorating and embossing, and has particular reference to a novel construction for facilitating ornamentation of leather, wood, plastic and other non-metallic materials.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a hand operated device which will cut spaced lines into a material to be ornamented to a predetermined depth, whereby partial removal of the material between the spaced lines is facilitated.

Another object of the invention is to provide hand cutters having spaced cutting parallel edges of difiering forms, whereby the cutting of ornamental grooves in non-metallic material is facilitated.

Still another object is to provide a hand cutter having spaced parallel cutter retaining grooves, whereby cutter elements may be replaceably mounted therein.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hand base to which plates having difierent cutting edges may be selectively secured.

With the above and other objects and advantageous features in view, the invention consists of a novel arrangement of parts more fully disclosed in the detailed description following, in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, and more specifically defined in the claim appended thereto.

In the drawings,

Fig. l is a side view of a hand cutter embodying the invention;

Fig. 2 is a bottom plan view of Fig. 1;

I Figs. 3 and 4 are bottom plan views of modified hand cutters similar to Fig. 1;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view, partly broken away, of a cutter base having spaced cutter element retaining grooves;

Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a cutter element suitable for mounting in the cutter base of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a sectional view, partly broken away, of a modified cutter base;

Fig. 8 is a bottom plan view thereof; and

Figs. 9 and 10 are respectively side and bottom views of a cutter plate for mounting therein.

It has been found desirable to provide a hand cutter device suitable for home use, which can cut spaced ornamental lines in leather, wood, plastic, and other suitable material, whereby an ornamentation outfit may be merchandized as a set. To this end, I provide a base in which spaced cutter elements are secured to extend downwardly for cutting adjacent parallel lines in the material to be ornamented, whereby it becomes a simple procedure to chisel out or otherwise remove the material between the lines to a predetermined depth, and, if desired, to subsequently fill in the resulting shallow groove with paint or other ornamental material, such as thin inlays.

The cutters are preferably made in sets, with difierent curves or curve sections, so that any desired ornamentation may be made, and the base may be constructed to replaceably receive cutter elements or cutter plates having integral cutter elements formed thereon.

One illustrative manner of using the novel cutters is to cut out initial grooves in a leather or wood base, and then fill in the grooves with a contrasting material.

Referring to the drawings, the cutter device 10 includes a manually graspable base ll, preferably made of wood, and having a head portion I2 provided with a striking fiat top l3 and an enlarged lower portion it having a. flat lower surface I5 into which two spaced cutter elements l6, [6a are set in parallel relation, preferably so as to present slightly convergent cutting edges [1, Ha of slight depth. When the device I0 is positioned over material to be ornamented, and struck a sharp blow on the top l3, the spaced cutting edges will penetrate the material in parallel lines, whereupon material may be readily removed from between the parallel lines to leave a shallow groove. Fig. 2 illustrates two parallel linear cutter elements, and Figs. 3 and 4 illustrate two parallel arcuate cutter elements l8, IBa. and two parallel sinuous cutter elements 19, l9a, sufficient cutter devices being provided of difierent shapes to enable the operator to obtain desired ornamental efiects.

Figs. 1 to 4 disclose cutter devices having inset cutter elements, but one or more cutter bases may be provided with replaceable cutter elements. Thus, the cutter base 20, see Fig. 5, has spaced retainer grooves 2|, Zla, into which cutter elements 22, see Fig. 6 may be placed, and the cutter base 23, see Fig. 7, has a metal plate 24 secured thereto, as by screws 25, the plate 24 having inturned parallel flanges 26, 26a for receiving the edges 21, 21a. of a cutter plate 28. see Fig. 9, which is provided with integral parallel cutter elements 29, 29a.

The above described construction is thus simple, and is readily usable to facilitate the formation of scribed or indented lines in nonmetallic material, whereby an inexpensive decorating set results.

Although I have described different cutter device constructions, the size, shape, and construction of the parts may be changed to provide diiferent ornamentation efiects, within the spirit and the scope of the invention as defined in the appended claim.

Iclaim:

A hand cutter device for cutting the sides of ornamental grooves in material having substantial thickness, comprising a base having a manually graspable head portion and a flat lower surface, the central portion of said flat lower surface having two parallel adjacent grooves converging towards each other, and cutter elements mounted in said grooves having cutting edges projecting from the lower surface of the 15 base in inclined relation to each other.

JOSEPH J. HYDE.

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